In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys.

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.

Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

That's not a convincing argument. Public sector jobs are cyclical. Teachers get fired when money is tight, then rehired when things get better. Manufacturing jobs, on the other hand, aren't coming back. They're relics of a past age.

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.

One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.

Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.